Modelling and Assessment
Nexus Webinar // LEAP-WEAP Modeling - Sector Network Mediterranean Environmental Network
The Task Force Nexus of the GIZ Sector Network MEN-REM invites to the upcoming webinar on Energy Alternatives Planning system (LEAP) and Water…
Publication // Decision-making and integrated assessment models of the water-energy-food nexus
By James Rising. Studying trade-offs in the long-term development of water-energy-food systems requires a new family of hydroeconomic optimization…
Modelling // Modeling the Nexus across Water Supply, Power Generation and Environment Systems using the System Dynamics Approach: Hehuang Region, China
This paper aims to model the WPE nexus in the China’s Hehuang Region by using the system dynamics approach. Six nonlinear ordinary differential…
Publication // Systems thinking on the resource nexus: Modeling and visualisation tools to identify critical interlinkages for resilient and sustainable societies and institutions
By Laspidou, C. S., Mellios, N. K., Spyropoulou, A. E., Kofinas, D. T., & Papadopoulou, M. P. (2020). This paper shows up the development of a…
Publication // Dynamics of water–energy–food nexus methodology, methods, and tools
By Endo, A., Yamada, M., Miyashita, Y., Sugimoto, R., Ishii, A., Nishijima, J., . . . Qi, J. (2020). This review identifies the existing…
Modelling Tool // An Alternative to Market-Oriented Energy Models: Nexus Patterns across hierarchical Levels
By Louisa Jane Di Felice, Maddalena Ripa and Mario Giampietro. Energy is entangled with nexus elements, including water, land, emissions and labour.…
Publication // Integrated modelling of the impacts of hydropower projects on the water-food-energy nexus in a transboundary Himalayan river basin
By Amjath-Babu, T. S., Sharma, B., Brouwer, R., Rasul, G., Wahid, S. M., Neupane, N., ... & Sieber, S. (2019). This paper looks at hydropower…
Assessment // Rapid Assessment of the Water-Energy-Food-Climate Nexus in Six Selected Basins of North Africa and West Asia undergoing Transitions and Scarcity Threats
By Caroline King and Hadi Jaafar. Existing strategies for management of water scarcity in the Middle East and North Africa negotiate a complex system…
Publication // An integrative analytical model for the water-energy-food nexus: South Africa case study
By Luxon Nhamo, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Sylvester Mpandeli, Chris Dickens, Charles Nhemachena, Aidan Senzanje, Dhesigen Naidoo, Stanley Liphadzi,…
Nexus Modelling // Towards Ranking the Water–Energy–Food–Land Use–Climate Nexus Interlinkages for Building a Nexus Conceptual Model with a Heuristic Algorithm
By Chrysi S. Laspidou, Nikolaos Mellios and Dimitris Kofinas. In this article, a practical heuristic approach for gaining a systemic and contextual…
MAXUS // Synergizing water, food and energy policy
By Rogier E. A. Burger. In this study an optimization model framework is proposed, titled ‘MAXUS’, specifically designed to address the shortfalls of…
Publication // Sustainability Indicators and Indices for the Water-Energy-Food Nexus for Performance Assessment: WEF Nexus in Practice – South Africa Case Study
By Nhamo, L., Mabhaudhi, T., Mpandeli, S., Nhemachena, C., Senzanje, A., Naidoo, D., Liphadzi, S. & Modi, A. T. (2019). This paper develops a…
Publication // The Nile Water-Food-Energy Nexus under Uncertainty: Impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
By Hamdy Elsayed; Slobodan Djordjević; Dragan A. Savić, M.ASCE; Ioannis Tsoukalas; and Christos Makropoulos. A system dynamics model was developed…
Nexus Modelling // Involving the Water–Energy–Food Nexus in Integrating Low-Income and Isolated Communities
By Brenda Cansino-Loeza and José María Ponce-Ortega. This work presents a general mathematical programming model for satisfying water, energy, and…
Modelling // Describing and Visualizing a Water-Energy-Food Nexus System
By Aiko Endo, Terukazu Kumazawa, Michinori Kimura, Makoto Yamada, Takaaki Kato and Kouji Kozaki. The objective of this study is to describe a target…